by Jeff Ream | May 24, 2019 | Featured
…will pay more for it. The winery will then sell the excess off as another label or to another company to bottle it under their label (as TJ’s does). You may say that you actually LIKE the cheaper wine (if you’ve ever been to a blind wine tasting – you know how that usually goes), but from a marketing and branding perspective – if there are a few TJ’s selling a $50 label for $15 – it diminishes not only the demand, but makes you question why we ar…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 2, 2014 | 21st century skills, ASCA14, Counseling Tech, Featured, professional development, technology, tutorial, video blog, YouTube
…d, giving it a description, and defining whether it is a public or private video. This public or private video setting is important. Making it public means that it is searchable via Google and YouTube, so if you’re recording is not to be shown to anybody else – please make sure that is set to private. From this point on, your basic upload is completed and you can copy/paste the link to your recently uploaded video to share or embed on your website…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2012 | counseling, follow up, interview, portfolio, pro-d, professional development, support
…abel developer to integrate the background from my portfolio onto the disc label. I printed address labels with the title of the disc and my contact info to put on the jacket. I am pretty happy with the turn out. 3. Letters of Recommendation: I included the standard three letters in all of the packets so they could reference them if needed or see further evidence that supports my candidacy. 4. My Notepad: I always bring my schnazzy note pad to tak…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 5, 2014 | Branding, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured
…ks. Look at one of your Blogger posts and the URL. Most look like http://myblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/post-name-separated-with-spaces.html – you will want to mirror this on WordPress. You should go to the custom option and enter this: /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html The steps for moving blogger are similar but you will need to download a specific plugin when you click Blogger in the import menu. Follow the directions as it tells you and just lik…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 5, 2021 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, Presentation, technology, tips, tools, YouTube
…fore you start, a presentation screen, a presentation screen with a little video of you, a large video of you, etc) the change between. This is more advanced though – so for the basic set up you will want a source of your webcam (internal or external if applicable – not both), your mic (internal/external) and that’s it for now. Know that your sources will be named different than the ones you see in the example images here. See the three images bel…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 23, 2013 | 21st century skills, box.com, Counseling Tech, deals, feedly, free, geek, pocket, Review, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, video blog
…Video Blog The Geek reviews Pocket, Feedly, and Box.com Bringing back the video blog from the depths – check out the YouTube video for this blog entry (links to all services can be found below the embedded video. Be sure to subscribe to The Counseling Geek’s YouTube channel for updates and all the latest videos or archives. Pocket Visit www.getpocket.com to sign up for your account. Feedly Visit www.feedly.com to register. Box Visit www.box.com t…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 31, 2014 | counseling, Counseling Tech, Featured, school counselor, video blog, year in review
…. It was handy for showing progressions, processes, or steps to take. This video blog post is a helpful guide to getting started with some of the various ways you can use LucidChart in your School Counseling practice everyday. Watch the Video Blog here: Tech Tool Video – LucidChart Dress The Part: Guys Gotta Look Good Too… Jeremy Goldman of PHSfit asked for a male version of Andrea Burston’s Wear to Work series – well Jeremy…here ya go. I guess ge…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 20, 2014 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, Featured, free, school counselor, technology, tools, video blog
…be used for college admissions, but another awesome tool is to create maps of your local resources, community agencies, or tools that families can use for help. Please check out the video below and let me know what you think via the comment boxes below or by commenting on the YouTube video. Cheers and Merry Christmas!…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…de or m.yourwbesite.com – it maintains your design elements and makes your blog mobile friendly. [Tweet “Finding out how to give my blog a fresh start via @counselinggeek #scchat”] Use good design principles from the start. Have you ever visited a site that had clashing colors, font that was so hard to read because it was too dark or too bright, or no flow/direction? I have. When designing your new site – it is crucial to start (and plan) your des…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 7, 2015 | Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…eeding to visit each site individually. We will use this RSS feed that our blog creates (check with your blog platform to find out your RSS feed address – you will need this) to create an automatically generated email that can be sent to subscribers any time there is new content posted on your blog. Starting an RSS-Driven Campaign Once you have your MailChimp account set up – go ahead and click on the Campaign button and chose to start a new RSS-D…
